Sisense vs XLCubed comparison

Sisense and Fluence Technologies are both solutions in the Reporting category. Sisense is ranked #14 with an average rating of 7.8, while Fluence Technologies is ranked #29. Sisense holds a 2.5% mindshare in RT, compared to Fluence Technologies’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Sisense users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of Fluence Technologies users who would recommend it.

Sisense

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95% willing to recommend

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50% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

Sisense and XLCubed compete in the business intelligence sector, each catering to unique analytical needs. Sisense seems to have the upper hand with its robust analytics capabilities, while XLCubed is preferred for its seamless Excel integration, particularly appealing to users familiar with Microsoft environments.

Features: Sisense offers a powerful analytics engine, efficient handling of large datasets, and provides real-time insights and interactive dashboards. XLCubed impresses with seamless Excel integration, extensive data exploration features, and a familiar interface for Excel-centric data analysis.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Sisense provides straightforward deployment and comprehensive support, appealing to a wide range of businesses with versatile infrastructure options. XLCubed offers a simpler deployment experience, particularly efficient for organizations already using Excel, with direct support channels enhancing user satisfaction.

Pricing and ROI: Sisense may have a higher setup cost, focusing on enterprise-level analytics with substantial ROI through advanced capabilities. XLCubed presents potentially lower initial costs, delivering significant ROI by maximizing existing Excel investments.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Sisense

Ranking in Reporting

14th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (19th), Cloud Analytics (4th), Data Visualization (15th), Embedded BI (9th)

XLCubed

Ranking in Reporting

29th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of Sisense is 2.5%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of XLCubed is 0.3%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Reporting

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Wiboon Thabsuwan

Senior Consultant at IMD Company Limited

Helps businesses save time and offers good integration features

I would say that using Sisense on Linux's platform might not be advantageous for everyone. I am more familiar with Windows than Linux. With Windows, the system performs very fast. Even if your data size consists of like 10,00,00,000 loads or whatever, it works very fast. When using Sisense, it is better to have some people with a very good understanding of Linux. I need more technical people who understand about Linux OS. Only two people would be enough to operate the tool.

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it_user1391316

Head of Finance Systems at NHS

Cost effective with great capability, performance, flexibility and visuals

In general, we're happy with the solution but we're always looking to see what else is out there. The thing we've struggled with is our partnership with Tagetik UK, the consultants, and the issue we had gaining access to consultants to develop the solution on our behalf. Thankfully we connected directly with XLCubed and now have a pretty close and good relationship with them so the earlier problem we had of actually getting resources to help us develop has now been solved. One of the things that we've been asking for and would like as an additional feature is a sort of benchmarking functionality. The ability to be able to benchmark, directly against the company digital corporate numbers. That said, there seems to be improved functionality within the latest release that could help us develop that further.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Visually displaying data."

"There are many built-in connectors, which allow us to easily add new sources of data, often in minutes."

"The best part about this solution is how easy it is to mash up the data from many sources. Sisense is fast compared to other solutions."

"The Sisense solution was very easy to set up, and its visualizations were effective."

"Ability to work with very large data sources without the limitations of Excel."

"Allows users to build their own solutions without as much reliance on technology staff."

"The most valuable thing I have found is the ability for Sisense to connect data from totally different sources."

"Sisense can integrate with multiple sources at one time."

More Sisense pros

"Great capability, performance, flexibility, visuals, and the solution is also very cost effective."

"I am looking forward to testing their full graphics that are available, as they looked very interesting in the demo."

Cons

"At present there are additional costs involved if we wish to share our data queues within this solution, which we would like to see removed."

"This solution does not have tabs. In order to have tabs, you have to download an add-on to mimic the tabs. They should be integrated to improve the solution."

"I would love to have more customization capabilities for building dashboards, especially in creating custom widget sizes."

"I would also like to be able to run a bursts of reports based on different field values with PDF output right in the tool, rather than filtering on each field value and generating each PDF manually."

"The initial version we purchased only ran on Windows servers, which was less than ideal for our DevOps team. I believe that has been remedied in the latest release."

"I would like to see an improvement in the live data connection, specifically making the process faster."

"The administrative side of Sisense is a little cumbersome and confusing."

"I would like to see an improvement in the live data connection, specifically making the process faster."

More Sisense cons

"There should be a better or an easier way to establish that connection to external sources."

"Would like the ability to be able to benchmark."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Compared to Power BI or Tableau, Sisense is much more expensive."

"This solution is more expensive than Tableau, Qlik and Dundas. It is an expensive tool. They charge $75,000 while Tableau is $45,000."

"I am still using the two-week trial, but at first sight, the price is reasonable."

"14,000 Pounds per year for licensing."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

16%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Sisense?

The solution's technical support team is good.

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What needs improvement with Sisense?

I would like to see an improvement in the live data connection, specifically making the process faster. Additionally, incorporating more self-service capabilities would benefit the product.

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Overview

Sisense is an end-to-end business analytics software that enables users to easily prepare and analyze large, complex datasets. Sisense’s Single-Stack BI software includes data preparation, data management, analysis, visualization and reporting capabilities.

Sisense

Produce insightful, interactive reports on, company-wide metrics for any business audience. Now all in Excel.
Pixel-perfect financial reporting with the skill sets you already have. No IT required.
Meet XLCubed: The data-connected Excel add-in for all your reporting needs.

Fluence Technologies

Sample Customers

Ebay, WIX, Wave Accounting, ESPN.com, Magellan Luxury Hotel, Paylogic, Sony, Merck, EDA, One Hour Translation, NASA, Plastic Jungle, Philips, Yahoo

Marshalls Ltd, BP Exploration and Production, Thorntons, Ted Baker, Bristol-Myers, Rank Group, ING Bank Genve, Cargill Value Investment, Chloride Power, Auchan, Erste, UEFA, Novartis, Porsche Informatik, Raiffeisen Bank International

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